New gay character announced for upcoming 'Dragon Age' game
The lead writer of the highly anticipated, upcoming video game Dragon Age 3: Inquisition has revealed that one of the games' playable companions will also be the series' first established gay...
View ArticleWhat to Watch Tuesday 7/1: New 'Pretty Little Liars,' 'The Night Shift'
Tonight catch all new episodes of Pretty Little Liars and The Night Shift.What to Watch: Tuesday, July 18:00pm: Pretty Little Liars, ABC Family (1 hr) NEWAli prepares to return to school and wants to...
View ArticleLocal Missouri paper resists, then relents covering local Pride events
Yesterday, the Pulaski County Daily News caused a local stir when responding to a local's inquiry about a Pride Luncheon at Ft. Leonard Wood, a U.S. Army base in southern Missouri. The response was a...
View ArticleGLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, July 1, 2014
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALTens of thousands march for LGBT Pride in Istanbul - Gay Star NewsLGBT applicants...
View ArticleThe Hobby Lobby ruling and what it means for you
What happened?The Supreme Court delivered a historic opinion yesterday, and it very well could affect you. In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the Court held that the government cannot require closely held...
View ArticleFederal employees will be protected from workplace discrimination on basis of...
Last night at the White House's Pride Month Reception, President Obama spoke to dozens of LGBT leaders from across the country, including GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis, about the numerous...
View ArticleDuring World Cup, GLAAD calls for news coverage of anti-trans violence in Brazil
With the media flocking to cover news aside from the World Cup in Brazil, news outlets and publications would do well to keep in mind the brutal situation for transgender individuals in the Roman...
View ArticleKentucky's ban on marriage equality is ... (spoiler: it's unconstitutional)
U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II ruled today that Kentucky's constitutional amendment that restricts the definition of marriage to a woman and a man is unconstitutional. This is his second ruling...
View ArticleMother's acceptance of her son's trans partner exemplifies importance of...
Andy Marra is an out and proud transgender woman who has generated awareness of transgender people through the media. She is the Communications Manager at the Arcus Foundation, and at one time, she was...
View ArticleJeremy Hooper talks to CNN about being a gay dad to his adorable daughter
GLAAD's Special Projects Coordinator and curator of the Commentator Accountability Project, Jeremy Hooper, recently talked to CNN about how being a parent has changed his life, and perhaps even his...
View ArticleCatholics march for equality in Chicago pride parade
Over a dozen Roman Catholic parishioners marched in yesterday's Chicago pride parade in solidarity with the Chicago chapter of DignityUSA, an independent ministry for LGBT Catholics that has chapters...
View ArticleWATCH: Trailer for British dramedy 'Pride' is released
The trailer for the highly anticipated British film Pridewas released today. The film tells the true story of a group of LGBT advocates who joined forces with a small mining community in Wales in 1984...
View ArticleVarsity football, tennis, and basketball player inspired to come out
Juan Mendoza-Tovar just came out publicly as bisexual after graduating from high school in rural Washington, where he was captain of the varsity basketball and tennis teams, played on the varsity...
View ArticleSCOTUS declines to hear case against California's conversion therapy ban
Yesterday, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case contesting California's ban on the use of so-called "conversion therapy" with minors, also known by the misnomers "reparative therapy," "ex-gay...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Pride around the world
The month of June, brings millions of people around the world to march for LGBT equality. In some countries where the LGBT community faces a great deal of discrimination and prejudice, such marches are...
View ArticleStories of transgender employees highlight need for workplace...
The Marketplace Morning Reportspoke with transgender people about their experiences in the workplace, particularly around discrimination based on gender identity.Kristen Schilt, a sociologist, related...
View ArticleFederal appeals court orders Indiana to recognize marriage of dying woman
A federal appeals court has ordered that the state of Indiana must recognize the marriage, performed out of state, of Amy Sandler and Nikole Quasney. The two were married in Massachusetts last year....
View ArticleSC police chief reinstated, investigation launched into town hall after mayor...
Despite an anti-gay mayor's best effort to grasp at straw, a lesbian police chief of more than twenty years has been reinstated to her rightful position with the support of her community and town...
View ArticleFRC continues to let person who's called for 'exporting' and criminalizing...
In addition of being a staunch "ex-gay" supporter who served on the board of the PFOX (Parents and Friends of Ex-gays) advocacy organization and who testifies before lawmakers in favor of reparative...
View ArticleWhat to Watch Wednesday 7/2: Ellen Degeneres in 'Cousins Undercover' and more!
Tonight catch all new episodes of Million Dollar Listing New York, Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce and Cousins Undercover featuring Ellen DeGeneres.What to Watch: Wednesday, July 28:00pm: Million Dollar...
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